Iaşi: Şeful diplomaţiei europene, Josep Borrell: „Sprijinim armata ucraineană cu arme de bază […] dar fără avioane de luptă”

Publicat de Lucian Bălănuţă, 3 martie 2022, 17:16 / actualizat: 3 martie 2022, 19:34

Declaraţia a fost făcută la Iaşi de Înaltul Reprezentant al Uniunii pentru afaceri externe și politica de securitate, Josep Borrell.

Întrebat de colegul nostru, Lucian Bălănuţă, despre planul anunţat privind donaţia de avioane de luptă de către state comunitare, şeful diplomaţiei europene a afirmat că aceasta este o problemă bilaterală:

Presa internaţională a scris recent despre eşecul promisiunii Uniunii Europene de a facilita donarea de avioane de luptă din partea unor state membre. Printre statele care nu s-au pronunţat în favoarea acestei măsuri se numără Polonia, Slovacia şi Bulgaria, potrivit publicaţiilor Newsweek şi Politico.

Săptămâna trecută, Uniunea Europeană şi-a asumat un rol mult mai hotărât în ceea ce privește trimiterea de arme și alte echipamente militare de la membrii săi către Ucraina, folosind chiar 500 de milioane de euro din fondurile comunitare pentru a contribui la finanțarea acestui efort.

The European Union is providing Ukraine with basic armaments to help it resist the Russian military offensive.

The statement was made in Iasi by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

Asked by our colleague Lucian Bălănuță about the announced plan for the donation of fighter jets by EU states, the head of European diplomacy said that this is a bilateral issue:

What happened to the European plan to donate fighter jets to Ukraine? Did it collapse?

It was not a European plan. Some Member States have received requests of providing also this kind of arms, but this would be, in any case, a bilateral agreement with some Member States that might have this possibility, but it has never been in our plan with 500 million euros. We don’t have the possibility of providing this kind of arms and we are mainly supporting the Ukrainian army with basic needs of ammunition, fuel, arms of any caliber, but not jet.

So no more fighter jets?

No more? When has it been? Some member states have received such requests, they are studying them, but in a bilateral way. (Josep Borell, EU foreign-policy chief)

The international press recently wrote about the failure of the European Union’s pledge to facilitate the donation of fighter jets from some member states, with Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria among the states that have not come out in favour, according to Newsweek and Politico.

Last week, the European Union took a much more assertive role in sending weapons and other military equipment from its members to Ukraine, even using €500 million in EU funds to help finance the effort.

Press conference from 27 februarie 2022: